SAT Vocabulary Canard

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	canard Definition: an unfounded or deliberately false report Synonym: fabrication
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	External definitions: ca·nard (k -närd ) n. 1. An unfounded or false, deliberately misleading story. 2. a. A short winglike control surface projecting from the fuselage of an aircraft, such as a space shuttle, mounted forward of the main wing and serving as a horizontal stabilizer. b. An aircraft whose horizontal stabilizing surfaces are forward of the main wing. [French, duck, canard , probably from the phrase `vendre un canard à moitié`, to half-sell a duck, to swindle , from Old French `quanart`, duck , from `caner`, to cackle , of imitative origin ]. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.